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(No Model.)

W. M. TEGART. DETAGHABLE CARRIER FOR BIGYGLES. No. 593,443. Patented N0 v. 9, 1.897.

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l/VILLIAM MONTGOMERY TEGART, OF MOOSOMIN, CANADA.

DETACHABLE CARRIER FOR B|CYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,443, dated November 9, 1897.

Application filed December 31, 1896. Serial No. 617,670. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY TEGART, of Moosomin, Assiniboia district, Northwest Territories, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Detachable Carrier for Bicycles,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved carrier, more especially designed for use on bicycles, and arranged to receive and support a camera, baggage, or other article, the carrier being constructed to permit of conveniently attaching it to or removing it from a bicycle.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, an (1 then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same with the bracket folded up. 'Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the same.

The improved carrier is provided with a frame-back A, having at or near its middle a cross-bar A, supporting a clamp B for fastening the carrier to the steering-head (J of the bicycle, asindicated in Fig. 1. On. the lower end of the frame-back A is hinged a forwardly-extending bracket D, adapted to receive and support a camera, baggage, or other article, and this bottom or bracket D is provided with an extension E, adapted to be moved outward'or inward or swung at right angles to the bottom and parallel to the frameback A.

In order to securely hold the camera, baggage, or other article in place on the carrier, I provide the outer ends of the bottom D with straps F, and similar straps F are held on the top cross-bar of the back A, and the two straps, after passing around part of the under side, the front and top of the camera,baggage, or other article, are connected by suitable buckles F, as indicated in Fig. 1. The frameback A is preferably made rectangular, with the side bars A having the offset straight portions A engaged by eyebolts A, eXtend- A and secured thereto by nuts A on the back of the cross-bar, as is plainly indicated in the drawings. By loosening the nuts A the eyebolts A may be moved up and down on the offset portions A so as to permit of adjusting the frame-back, and consequently the carrier, up or down, according to the construction of the bicycle, to prevent the bottom D from touching the front wheel.

ing through the outer ends of the cross-bar The clamp B is preferably constructed with :7

two halves B B connected by hinges B B, respectively, with the cross-bar A near the middle thereof. (See Fig. 4.) The free end of the half B is provided with a hinged loop B adapted to engage alug Biprojecting from the free end of the other half B In the loop B screws a handled screw B adapted to engage the lug B so as to securely lock the loop to the lug and keep the halves B and B firmly pressed in contact with the steering-head O to securely support the carrier from the said head. Now it is evident that by giving a turn to the handled screw B the loop B can be moved out of engagement with the lug B and the two halves B and B can then be opened to readily remove the clamp B from the steering-head 0. Thus the entire carrier can be readily detached from the steeringhead, and by closing the halves B and B upon the steering-head and drawing the loop B over the lug I am enabled to readily fasten the clamp, and consequently the entire carrier, to the head. The halves B and B are preferably lined with a suitable material to prevent marring of the enamel on the steering-head O.

The hinge for the bottom D on the lower end of the frame-back A is formed by passing the transverse ends D of the said bottom through the eyes A on the lower ends of the side pieces A of the frame-back A, the said transverse ends being extended upwardly to form a hook D adapted to engage the sides of the frame-back and hold the bottom D approximately at right angles to the frame-back to support the camera or baggage, as previously mentioned.

The extension E is preferably made in the shape of a frame, as shown in Fig. 4, with the inner ends 'of the frame provided with transverse pivots E, engaging slides E fitted to slide on the outer sides of the bottom D. The middle portion of the extension E extends under the middle bars of the bottom D, and the arms E of the said extension then pass over the front ends of the bottom D to properly support the extension E in a horizontal position upon the bottom D.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the bottom D can be swung up against the back A when the device is not in use, and the extension E can be drawn out or pushed in and swung upward, according to the size of the article to be carried, and be out of the way when the device is in use.

Thus it will be seen that the entire device is readily supported from the steering-head O and is consequently not in the way of the handle-bar or the fork for the front wheel, so that the bicycle can be manipulated in the usual manner without being interfered with by the attachment. As the load is supported directly above the front wheel, it is evident that the load does not act as a drag on the machine or hinder the proper movements of the operator when propelling the bicycle forward.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A carrier,comprisin g a back-frame adapted to be clamped to the steering-head of a bicycle, and' a supporting-bracket or bottom frame formed of two sections having a hinged and sliding connection with each other, the inner section being hinged to the back-frame, substantially as described.

2. A carrier, comprising a frame-back adapted to be clamped to the steering-head of a bii and having eyes in the lower ends of its side bars, a supporting-bracket having its ends passed through the eyes of the side bars and formed with hooks to engage said side" bars,

and an extension having a hinged and sliding connection with the bracket, substantially as described.

5. A carrier for bicycles, provided with a clamp comprising two. hinged halves, a loop pivoted on the free end of one half, a rigid lug engaged by the loop and held on the free end of the other half, and a screw screwing in the said loop and adapted to engage the said lug, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a carrier,the combination with a frame back, of a cross-bar held vertically adjustable on the sides of the frame-back and forming a part of said frame, and a clamp secured to the said cross-bar at about its center, substantially as described.

7. A carrier, provided with a frame-back having sides provided with rearwardly-projecting ofiset portions, eyes surrounding the said portions, and a cross-bar carrying the said eyes at its ends, substantially as shown and described.

8. A carrier, comprising a back provided with an adjustable cross-bar, a clamp securedto the cross-bar for clamping the carrier to a. bicycle, a supporting-bracket hinged to the lower end of the back-frame, and an extension having a hinged and sliding connection with the bracket, substantially as described.

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY TEGAR'I'.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. QUA, MURDocH MCDONALD. 

